Professor Margaret Ikpoh

Vice President Professional Development

Margaret is a GP Partner at Holderness Health and the current RCGP Vice President Professional Development. 

Alongside these roles, she is the National NIHR Settings lead for Primary Care and a Trustee of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Professor Ikpoh has also recently been appointed Patron of the Caribbean & African Black Healthcare Awards and the National BAME Health and Care Awards. 

Her previous roles have included working with the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber as a research champion for First5 GPs and Registrars and at Hull York Medical School, where she was the former Associate Director for Primary Care. Margaret is also the former co-Chair for the regional Primary Care Workforce Group with NHS England & Improvement for the North-East and Yorkshire Regional People Board remaining an active member of the group. 

A recipient of a number of awards, most recently Margaret was presented with the Caribbean and African Health Network Special Recognition Award for Leadership in Primary Care. 


Speakers have declared that, except for the actual or potential conflicts of interest detailed below, their involvement in this educational activity does not involve any conflict of interest.

Professor Margaret Ikpoh: Renumerated employment: Locum GP, Clinical Research Lead – Nimbuscare, GP Trainer, Covid Medicines Delivery Unit work for Yorkshire Health Partners, NIHR National Settings Lead (Primary Care)

Renumerated ad hoc work: Writer for Pulse GP Magazine

Renumerated directorships: Logic medical Limited

Research, patents and intellectual property: I am the research lead for Nimbuscare - York and the PI for NIHR and commerical studies

Renumerated services provided to the RCGP: RCGP Vice Chair Professional Development & Standards

Membership of formal groups/organisations: MANSAG, Hull Medical Society, FMLM, BMA

Non-remunerated directorships and trustee positions: Trustee for Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management

Any other interests: Patron of the Black Healthcare Awards (Caribbean and African Health Network), Patron of the National BAME Health and Care Awards, Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire